Current view: Data table and detailed info
The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2002 because it was regularly supporting significant populations of the species listed below, meeting ('triggering') IBA criteria.
Populations meeting IBA criteria ('trigger species') at the site:
| Species |
Red List |
Season (year/s of estimate) |
Size |
IBA criteria |
| Greylag Goose Anser anser |
LC |
passage (1997–2000) |
1,500–3,000 birds |
C3 |
| Bean Goose Anser fabalis |
LC |
passage (1997–2000) |
10,000–20,000 birds |
C3 |
| Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons |
LC |
passage (1997–2000) |
1,000–3,000 birds |
C3 |
| Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca |
NT |
breeding (1997–2000) |
25–30 pairs |
C1 |
| Mallard Anas platyrhynchos |
LC |
passage (1997–2000) |
30,000 birds |
C3 |
| Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris |
LC |
breeding (1997–2000) |
30–40 pairs |
C2, C6 |
| Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta |
LC |
breeding (1997–2000) |
15–25 pairs |
C6 |
| Mediterranean Gull Larus melanocephalus |
LC |
breeding (1997–2000) |
6–25 pairs |
C6 |
| Bluethroat Luscinia svecica |
LC |
breeding (1997–2000) |
40 pairs |
C6 |
| A4iii Species group - waterbirds |
n/a |
winter (1993) |
20,000-49,999 birds |
A4iii, C4 |
| A4iii Species group - waterbirds |
n/a |
passage (1993–1994) |
20,000-49,999 birds |
A4iii, C4 |
| Habitat |
% of IBA |
Habitat detail |
| Artificial/Terrestrial |
40 |
Arable land; Forestry plantations; Other urban and industrial areas |
| Wetlands (inland) |
25 |
Standing freshwater; Water fringe vegetation |
| Grassland |
20 |
Steppes and dry calcareous grassland; Humid grasslands; Mesophile grasslands |
| Forest |
15 |
Broadleaved deciduous woodland; Alluvial and very wet forest |
| Land use |
% of IBA |
| hunting |
60 |
| agriculture |
40 |
| water management |
25 |
| fisheries/aquaculture |
20 |
| forestry |
15 |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Sárvíz Valley (Hungary). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/sárvíz-valley-iba-hungary on 23/12/2024.
